Puteaux, France, August 12, 2016, Valerie Besson, Audit Partner at KPMG S.A., has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for dedication, achievement and leadership in auditing and advising services.

Focusing on the airline and energy industries, Ms. Besson is an industry expert with more than 20 years of valuable experience. With her specialty of advising on governance, she is known for auditing global clients. Ms. Besson joined the company in 1994 and has been integral to the success and growth of KPMG S.A. She is also an expert in other lines of business, including, industrial product, consumer markets, energy chemicals, pharmaceuticals, information, communication and entertainment. In addition, she has worked in financial due diligence, IFRS and US GAAP conversions, and carve-out audits.

Entertained by the idea to advise others, Ms. Besson obtained a master’s degree in finance and accounting. She has used this degree for personal and professional development. Ms. Besson attributes her international exposure as a large reason for her success. She has worked all over the globe, including Bucharest, New York and Short Hills. With this worldwide experience, she is able to provide high quality auditing services to an international client-base. At the present, she mostly works with a list of French clients. Continue reading →

Upper Lake, CA, United States, August 9, 2016, Wanda Obryan, Officer Manager at Lakeside Materials, has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for dedication, achievement and leadership in management.

For more than two years, Ms. Obryan has contributed to the success of environmental services, landscape and soil trucking company Lakeside Materials. Joining the company in a lower position, she quickly worked her way up to her management position. She credits this speedy progression to the amazing career training program and the training she had on the job. As a quick and effective learner, she helps make Lakeside Materials one of the best companies in the region.

Lakeside Materials is a family-owned company which specializes in supplying sod, landscape products, material hauling, as well as various other landscape-related services. When Ms. Obryan joined the company, she was quickly welcomed into the close-knit atmosphere. She is known to her colleagues as a person who is strong minded, big-hearted, forgiving and an independent thinker. These qualities have all served her well in her endeavors. In addition, Ms. Obryan is an honored member of The International Women’s Leadership Association, recognized for her contribution to family, career and community.

Ms. Obryan is also a champion for change and innovation in the company. She works toward inspiring her company to use greener materials and be more environmentally conscious. In return, the company has helped her attain skills such as driving an excavator. She has also displayed proficient use of her communication and customer service skills. In addition to her work with Lakeside Materials, she is actively involved with the Elder Independent Elder Living and Care, as well as supporting independent rights. She credits her family as her biggest inspirations to succeed. In her spare time, she enjoys rebuilding transmissions and motor as well as walking.

Some of Ms. Thoens best qualities are her reliability, communication, leadership and business acumen. She brings these skills to her latest venture, SMT Enterprises, Inc., a firm dedicated to empowering others through business opportunities. The firm specializes in online start-ups, coaching and mentoring, leadership development and social entrepreneurship. Working in a collaborative effort with a team of reputable peers, she has positioned herself to help impact generations of business owners. She endeavors to build strong leaders with strong beliefs, who are then able to use their power to rise up and accomplish great things. She hopes to grow the company to coach clients in 80 countries.

Prior to launching her own firm, Ms. Thoens worked for many years in sales and executive management. After corporate layoffs and restructuring hindered her career, she decided to focus on raising her family and working alongside her husband. With her husband passing in 2014, Ms. Thoens found her calling to return to work and realized her skills were a match for helping others their business goals. Ms. Thoens had graduated from the University of Vermont in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in business administration and mathematics. Continue reading →

Baltimore, Maryland, July 13, 2016, Bonnie D. King-Rose, Retired Stockbroker and Educator, has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for dedication, achievement and leadership in business and education.

With the ability to champion over obstacles, Mrs. King-Rose has carved out a successful career in sales, brokering and education. After passing the required tests to become a stockbroker, finding a job in the field proved quite challenging. At the time, firms had hired very few females for this position. However, Mrs. King-Rose persevered and eventually landed a job. This position even brought her to New York for a month of training. She came into brokering after working in sales at IBM for 6 years and prior teaching for 3 years in a local high school.

After remarrying in 2002, Mrs. King-Rose retired from the industry 2003, and began teaching summer classes relating to the field, as well as volunteering at the Baltimore Visitor Center. She became a Certified Tourism Ambassador for Baltimore and aided in many functions to promote the city. Mrs. King-Rose drew strength to continue down her path from the wise advice of her mother, who told her, “I believe a woman should be able to do anything she wants. You just have to go for it and don’t take no for an answer.” With this piece of advice resounding in her mind, she never let an obstacle discourage her from pursuing her interests. Mrs. King-Rose majored in Business Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her natural communication skills have helped her succeed in this industry, as well as teaching classes. Continue reading →

Dr. Hayes-Scott has been in the publishing industry for more than 25 years with her flagship company Robbie Dean Press L.L.C., and she launched her second publishing company, MarketingNewAuthors.com (MANA), 14 years. Going back further than her publishing ventures is her career as a college professor of English composition and literature, which she started more than 40 years ago. Her publishing companies are full-service and traditionally based. Robbie Dean Press L.L.C. focuses on producing college textbooks meanwhile MANA is a self-publishing, marketing and distribution company. Continue reading →

Dallas, TX, February 15, 2016, Kimberly Robison, Research Director at CBS Television Stations Dallas/Ft. Worth, has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for dedication, achievement and leadership in research and media planning.

With precise, analytical eyes, Ms. Robison has excelled at researching in the media industry for nearly two decades. For nine of these years she has contributed her skills for the benefit of CBS Television Stations Dallas/Ft. Worth. Focusing on Nielsen ratings data, she compiles reports to produce competitive information and measure station progress. She works in conjunction with the news director, creative services director and the programming director to provide quantitative and qualitative information to assist in continual development. Her position also requires communication with the sales department, creating one-sheets, media kits, coverage maps and various sales pieces to be presented to clients. Continue reading →

For as long as she can remember, Dr. Breuer-Mueller has been fascinated by the human body and the sciences related to it. Her goal, even at an early age, was to establish a successful career in medicine. Upon receiving an MD from the University of Munich in 1986, she began practicing internal medicine and cardiology. After four years, Dr. Breuer-Mueller left the medical field and joined the pharmaceutical industry because she wanted to be a part of developing innovative medicines, as well as support patient access to improved therapies. She remained in the pharmaceutical industry for 20 years before choosing yet another area of emphasis. Continue reading →

Title: Coach and Mediator
Company: Family Mediation of South Florida
Location: Miami, FL United States

Miami, FL, December 4, 2015, Stephanie King, Coach and Mediator at Family Mediation of South Florida, has been recognized by Elite Women Worldwide, for dedication, achievement and leadership in dispute resolution and counseling.

After many years of teaching, Ms. King retired and made the decision to go into coaching and mediation with the goal of reducing violence. She is a certified professional coach from the International Coaching Certification Alliance as well as a certified non-violence communication coach from the New York Center for Non-Violent Communication. Ms. King also received conflict resolution training from Rutger’s University Center for Civic and Law-Related Education. With all of these certifications and training, Ms. King is able to connect with children and young adults and work to elevate their lives and communities through motivation and dedication.